St. Patrick's Day

        St. Patrick's Day

1. Who was St. Patrick?

Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.

2. What is the purpose of St. Patrick's Day?

The origins of St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day celebrates the Roman 

Catholic feast day of the patron saint of Ireland.

3. Why is St. Patrick's Day designated when it is?

St. Patrick's Day is designated when it is because that's the day when Saint Patrick died.

4. Why a certain color on St. Patrick's Day?

St. Patrick's revelers thought wearing green made one visible to leprechauns, fairy creatures who could pinch anyone they could see.

5. People say that leprechauns have a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.